The Lady in Dignity (Korean: 품위있는 그녀) is a South Korean television series starring Kim Hee-sun, Kim Sun-ah, Jung Sang-hoon with Lee Tae-im and Lee Ki-woo. The series aired on cable network JTBC on Fridays and Saturdays at 23:00 (KST) time slot from June 16 to August 19, 2017. It became one of the highest-rated Korean dramas in cable television history.
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Synopsis
The story of an elegant Cheongdam-dong woman named Woo Ah-jin (Kim Hee-sun), who relished a life of luxury by marrying a quasi-chaebol son, until Park Bok-ja (Kim Sun-ah) walks into her life.
Cast
Main
Kim Hee-sun as Woo Ah-jin
A cheerful, elegant and charismatic woman who married into a rich family, but hit rock bottom after her husband's betrayal.
Kim Sun-a as Park Bok-ja
A cool and unfazeable woman who climbs her way up the social totem pole despite coming from a small village.
Jung Sang-hoon as Ahn Jae-suk
Youngest son of Ahn Tae-dong and also Ah-jin's cheating husband.
Lee Tae-im as Yoon Sung-hee
Ji-hoo's sexy art teacher who is overwhelmed with greed for fame and honor. She betrays Ah-jin who helped her into the art world and cheats with her husband Jae-suk.
Lee Ki-woo as Kang Ki-ho
A coma patient turned lawyer. He had feeling toward Ah-jin and willing to help her either with her father-in-law's business or her divorce process
Supporting
Yoo Seo-jin as Cha Ki-ok
Lee Hee-jin as Kim Hyo-joo
Jung Da-hye as Oh Kyung-hee
Oh Yeon-ah as Baek Joo-kyung
Moon Hee-kyung as Mrs. Geum, Ah-Jin's mother
Choi Yoon-so as Heo Jin-hee, Ah-jin's assistant
Kim Yong-gun as Ahn Tae-dong, Jae-suk's father
Seo Jeong-yeon as Park Joo-mi, Ahn Jae-goo's wife
Han Jae-young as Ahn Jae-goo, Jae-suk's brother
Oh Na-ra as Ahn Jae-hee, Jae-suk's sister
Yoon Sa-bong as Yoon-su,
Lee Chae-mi as Ahn Ji-hoo, Ah-jin and Jae-suk's daughter
Lee Geon-woo as Ahn Woon-kyu, Park Joo-mi and Ahn Jae-goo's son
Special appearances
Ryu Seung-soo as Ah-jin's father
Jung Yu-mi as Client (Episode 6)
Yoon So-yi as Fishmonger (Episode 20)
Original soundtrack
Reception
The Lady in Dignity is one of JTBC's highest rated drama with a single episode rating of 12.065%.
Culture critic Jung Duk-hyun says that the drama is not just a soap opera about couples' affairs, but a "social drama" where the two women's confrontation symbolizes the power and class structures of the society.
Due to its popularity, JTBC did a rerun of the series from October 2–6, 2017 with four-episode marathon per day starting from 7:00 (KST).
Ratings
In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).